Radeon HD 4830 Ubuntu Linux - 2010 to 2013
AMD Radeon HD 4830 Linux benchmarking of Ubuntu 10.04, 12.04, and 13.04 of open and closed-source drivers. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS - Catalyst: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4800 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: fglrx 8.72.11, OpenGL: 3.2.9756, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4800 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.0, OpenGL: 1.5 Mesa 7.7.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4800 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4800 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4800 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


CoreBreach 1.1.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - FSAA: 0
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ... 93  |=======================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce .. 207 |===================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity . 192 |===============================================


Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ... 1.60  |===
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce .. 29.87 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity . 30.13 |=================================================


Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ... 1.25  |==
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce .. 30.33 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity . 30.30 |=================================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS - Catalyst . 44.69 |======================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ............ 0.62  |=
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ............ 20.09 |=================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce ........... 46.83 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity .......... 46.27 |========================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS - Catalyst . 129.37 |=======================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ............ 42.63  |=============
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ............ 74.65  |=======================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce ........... 108.07 |=================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity .......... 105.33 |================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ... 25.00 |================================
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ... 38.70 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce .. 24.40 |===============================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity . 24.33 |===============================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS - Catalyst . 101.80 |=======================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ............ 37.47  |==============
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ............ 43.20  |=================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity .......... 82.70  |================================


Prey 1.4.119
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ... 10.00 |============
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce .. 35.65 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity . 41.63 |=================================================


Smokin Guns 1.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS - Catalyst . 79.23 |====================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ............ 49.90 |=======================
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ............ 65.43 |==============================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce ........... 88.43 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity .......... 86.90 |=======================================


VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS - Catalyst . 41.19  |==============
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ............ 28.63  |==========
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce ........... 87.73  |===============================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity .......... 111.78 |=======================================


Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ... 18.77 |================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce .. 56.87 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity . 56.77 |=================================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ... 34.39 |========================
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ... 56.31 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce .. 69.48 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity . 68.51 |================================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS - Catalyst . 53.43 |========================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ............ 27.23 |====================
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ............ 35.70 |===========================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Xfce ........... 47.64 |====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 - Unity .......... 46.33 |===================================